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Why Volatility Signals Stability, and Vice Versa By Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Gregory F. Treverton From our January/February 2015 Issue The aftermath of an airstrike in Aleppo, November 2014. (Rami Zayat / Courtesy Reuters) Even as protests spread across the Middle East in early 2011, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria appeared immune…

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (R) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter … By Maria Khan | IB Times – 14 hours ago German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held in Jeddah on October 13, 2014. “Our reservations are about Iran‘s policy in the region, not about Iran as a country or people. In many conflicts, Iran is part of the…

June 26, 2014 3:33 AM Firefighters put out a fire at Duroy hotel as people watch from windows following a bomb attack, in Raouche, … DUBAI (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades had urged Lebanese Sunni Muslims to attack the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah a day before Wednesday’s suicide bombing in central Beirut.…

America is ignoring the newest generation of European jihadists being forged in the crucible of the Syrian war. June 24, 2014 By John Rosenthal News that the suspected perpetrator of the Brussels Jewish Museum shooting is a French jihadist veteran of the Syrian war has added to what were already growing concerns about the dangers…

By Chris Looney Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney: chris@sreo.org Research Analyst at the Syria Research and Evaluation Organization (SREO) based in Gaziantep, Turkey For Syria Comment, March 18, 2014 The Northern Storm Brigade (NSB: Arabic – Liwa…